On Olga Bell's new album Krai, the Brooklyn-based composer and singer explores the imagined hinterlands of her home country of Russia. She speaks with Ed Power about childhood memories, working with Dirty Projectors and why the album is a work of sonic fiction
Dirty Projectors' sixth album, Swing Lo Magellan, marks a shift from the meticulous structures of their previous albums towards a more direct and heartfelt approach to songwriting. Chad Parkhill discussed this transition with lead Projector David Longstreth
Once known for pioneering 'indietronica', Schneider TM is now disappearing into a vortex of beautiful, irresistible noise. Wyndham Wallace talks to him about his new album, Guitar Sounds, working with Pan Sonic and Damo Suzuki, and why "whatever makes sound can be music"